The purpose of this study is to assess the effect of an educative program including telephone follow-up for burn patients regarding the impact of this intervention on the health status and return to work at six months after hospital discharge.

change from baseline in perceived health status at six months [ Time Frame: six months ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]

The questionnaire "Burns Specific Health Scale- Revised" developed by Blalock; Bunker; De Vellis (1994), adapted by Ferreira et al. (2008) to Brasilian people, will be used to collect the data at six months between groups.

Secondary Outcome Measures:

comparison the return to work of burn victims between groups [ Time Frame: baseline and six months ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]

To compare the return to work of burns victims in intervention group with the return to work of burns victims in control group at six months after hospital discharge, proportions will be calculated (returned to work: yes/no)

Burns victims will receive information according to the service routine

Experimental: educational program+telephone follow up

Burns victims will participate in an educative program including telephone follow-up during six months after hospital discharge

Behavioral: educational program+telephone follow up

burns victims will participate in an educative program including telephone follow-up during six months after hospital discharge

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:

18 Years to 80 Years

Genders Eligible for Study:

Both

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

No

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

adult burned patients (18 years or older), male and female

patients burned for the first time who needed hospitalization at the Burns Unit

in cognitive conditions to participate (being able to tell one's address, day of the week and age or birth date)

in physical conditions to accomplish self-care.

Exclusion Criteria:

participants burned due to suicide or with previous psychiatric diagnoses or cognitive and psychological difficulties that do not allow them to answer the instrument questions and take care of themselves.

Contacts and Locations

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01379495

Locations

Brazil

Burns Unit of the University of São Paulo at Ribeirão Preto Hospital das Clínicas